Individualized Budget

This functional assessment tool is designed to provide a user-friendly method to determine an applicant’s personal care assistance needs. The assessment helps to establish the individual monthly budget and identify the applicant’s goals.

This assessment is designed to determine the level of understanding that the participant has in terms of his/her disability and resulting functional impacts and any possible complications that may result. It is also intended to provide an opportunity to educate the participant on the medical aspects of his/her disability and identify opportunities for further education.

Rhode Island’s Quick Start Guide is designed to give participants an overview of the PersonalChoice program and their roles and responsibilities. The guide includes information on service and spending plans, communication tips, and information about working with PersonalChoice support agencies.

These presentations were part of the 2007 Government and Vendor Fiscal/Employer Agent Workshop. The presentations given by West Virginia, New Mexico, and New Jersey representatives explore the benefits and challenges of providing supportive and F/EA services under one umbrella organization versus providing them through separate vendor entities.

This RFP is for the performance of services to ALTSD for New Mexico's self-directed waiver program, Mi Via.

New Mexico has developed a video that features the stories of Mi Via participants and information about the program features. The video is found on the Mi Via website. It is about 20 minutes long and is available in four languages.

This SSP was developed for New Mexico's Mi Via program. The SSP outlines review criteria for consumers purchasing goods and services for their individual budget.

These service standards were developed for New Mexico's Mi Via program. The document includes information about the eligibility determination process, support contractors, the budget allotment process, and participant rights and responsibilities.

Minnesota has an extensive media kit on their website about Consumer Directed Community Supports. The items in the media kit offers you some easy, ready-to-go materials in printed and electronic formats to use in promoting the consumer directed community supports service option among consumers, partnering organizations, and others. Materials include key talking points, a news release, a postcard, a kiosk card, a short quiz, and a brief description of CDCS services.

This report describes the design and implementation of IndependentChoices, Arkansas' model of Cash & Counseling. Lessons learned in Arkansas are discussed, and cover topics including outreach and enrollment, program features, counseling and fiscal services and program structure.